1989 2001

MIGHTY  DUKE REAL NAME: Kelvin Pope DATE OF BIRTH: 1930 PLACE OF BIRTH: St. Vincent EDUCATION: ... CAREER:                                   Duke grew up in Point Fortin, Trinidad, singing in church choirs and worked as a pupil teacher in the late-1950s. He started his calypso career at a calypso tent in Point Fortin but moved to the Southern Brigade Tent in San Fernando in the early 1960s. He then joined the Original Young Brigade Tent in Port-of-Spain where he performed from 1964 to 1967. He won the National Calypso Crown four times: 1968 ("What Is Calypso" and "Social Bacchanal"); 1969 ("Black Is Beautiful" and "One Foot Visina"); 1970 ("Brotherhood of Man" and See Through"); and 1971 ("Mathematical Formula" and "Melvine & Yvonne"). He also won the Road March title in 1987 with "Thunder." His other calypsoes include: 1964 - Woop Wap; Racial Segregation 1969 - All Night, Tonight; Black Is Beautiful; Bring It Back 1970 - Beast for Sale 1971 - Carnival in Trinidad 1973 - Tonight 1974 - Ah Never Do That; Ah Wish Ah Was; Axe Handle Freda; Class Is Class; Cock of the Rock 1977 - Uhuru; Mr. Jarvis; Be Yourself; Black Is Back; Calypso Will Never Die; The Cannibals; Carnival Fire 1978 - Barbers Complaints; Black Woman; Carnival Time 1979 - Bam Bam Oui; Do What You Doing 1980 - Freaking Streaking 1981 - Answer the Question; A Point of Direction 1982 - Mystery of Life; No Man But Me; Advantage; Babylon Go Fall 1983 - Love Me All Over; DJ Honeyneedle 1984 - Rock Meh; Land of Love 1985 - Ah Got The Feeling; Apartheid; Artificial World 1986 - How Many More Must Die; Treat Your Woman Nice; Ah Want You To Love Me 1988 - Outrageous; Pan in Yuh Rookcung-Kertungcung; Acid Wash 1989 - Yahhh Hhhh; Ah Tired Do That 1991 - Get on Radical 1992 - Rocket in Yuh Pocket 1993 - Role Model; Yuh Come to Dance 1994 - Soca Have Meh Tu Bey 1995 - Don't Destroy Calypso; Get A Life 1996 - Play Yourself; Furhman 2001 - Memories of the Year 2000; Things Change Up; Horn Proof; There's No Excuse Also - Big Shot Neighbour; Carnival Anniversary; Child of the Ghetto AWARD: 1970 - Trinidad & Tobago Humming Bird Medal Silver (for Calypso) DIED: January 14, 2009, in Trinidad from myelofibrosis (a rare blood disease) Compiled by Ronald C. Emrit